Launch Tennessee is mainly funded by Tennessee Economic and Community Development, and the nonprofit is chaired by ECD Commissioner Bob Rolfe.

Rolfe took the ECD post and the LaunchTN chairmanship that comes with it, less than a year ago. He was previously cofounder of West End Holdings, as well as having been a serial entrepreneur and a 17-year exec with JC Bradford & Co. LinkedIn here.

These new BOD members were revealed during the LTN/TTDC Board meeting Jan. 25, 2018: